Through a mouse model of
glioblastoma developed by Lionel Chow, MD, PhD, a pediatric hematologist - oncologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Chen's team was able to confirm this hypothesis.
Not exact matches
In
glioblastoma, the cancer cells resemble those in the
developing brain, suggesting that the Zika infection could attack them too.
This finding has enormous potential to be tested in a clinical trial in the near future and
developed into a novel treatment to overcome therapeutic resistance of
glioblastoma.»
By combining this strategy with cancer cell - targeting materials, we should be able to
develop a therapy for
glioblastoma and other challenging cancers in the future.»
Shah and his team loaded the herpes virus into human MSCs and injected the cells into
glioblastoma tumors
developed in mice.
Little is known, however, about the metabolic pathways that drive the growth of individual
glioblastoma subtypes — knowledge that is crucial for
developing novel and effective targeted therapies that might improve treatment for these lethal tumors.
«Our findings suggest that PRMT5 is a possible prognostic factor and therapeutic target for
glioblastoma, and they provide a rationale for
developing agents that target PRMT5 in this deadly disease,» says co-corresponding author Robert A. Baiocchi, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and a hematologist at the OSUCCC — James who is also collaborating on an Ohio State effort to
develop a PMRT5 inhibitor.
Researchers have identified a group of immune system genes that may play a role in how long people can live after
developing a common type of brain cancer called
glioblastoma multiforme, a tumor of the glial cells in the brain.
Shah next plans to rationally combine the toxin - secreting stem cells with a number of different therapeutic stem cells
developed by his team to further enhance their positive results in mouse models of
glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in human adults.
Based on recent information on the mechanisms of chemotherapy, a team of researchers of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
developed a new clinical approach to increase the efficiency of treatment in
glioblastomas that increased the median survival to 22 months — bringing much needed hope to those affected by this aggressive disease.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that distinct types of
glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer in adults, tend to
develop in different regions of the brain.
In contrast, mesenchymal and classical
glioblastoma subtypes tend to
develop farther from this region.
To study this mystery, Chen's team
developed a new computational method to define where different
glioblastoma subtypes
develop in the brain.
While Zika virus causes devastating damage to the brains of
developing fetuses, it one day may be an effective treatment for
glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer.
Mischel adds that there are additional challenges in
developing drugs for
glioblastoma because they must be able to cross the blood - brain barrier.
About 3,000 people
develop a
glioblastoma each year in the U.S.
UCLA scientists have
developed a potentially promising new combination therapy for
glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.
Newswise — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that distinct types of
glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer in adults, tend to
develop in different regions of the brain.
In addition to
developing the new genetically engineered mouse model for the form of cancer called
glioblastoma multiforme, the researchers made a key discovery about brain tumor biology via the mice.
There are trials elsewhere being
developed for a form of brain cancer called
glioblastoma.
Our intellectual property and the extensive experience of our team in discovering and
developing novel diagnostic tests will enable us to provide the most accurate
glioblastoma multiforme subtyping test available.»
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (OTC: IMUC, US) IMUC is
developing a immunocellular therapy for treatment of
glioblastoma.
Dr Steve Pollard and his team are
developing potential new treatments for the most common type of brain tumour in adults, known as
glioblastoma multiforme.
Berkeley Lab researchers have
developed a new family of nanocarriers, called «3HM,» that meets all the size and stability requirements for effectively delivering therapeutic drugs to the brain for the treatment of a deadly form of cancer known as
glioblastoma multiforme.
More knowledge about the mechanisms behind this correlation could be important for
developing more effective drugs against subgroups of
glioblastoma.
Verma has successfully
developed lentiviral vector - mediated mouse models for
glioblastoma, lung adenocarcinoma and small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Bryan Choi, the recipient of a Student Training and Research in Tumor Immunology (STaRT) grant at Duke University, is working to
develop a new strategy using Bispecific T cell Engagers (BiTEs) to treat
glioblastoma.
The company's lead candidate, GLN - 1001, is a first - in - class, orally available oncolytic small molecule, currently being
developed as a potentially disease modifying therapy for
glioblastoma by targeting specific vulnerabilities in tumor cells.
A new, nanoparticle - based drug delivery system being
developed by health physics professor Steen Madsen offers new treatment for
glioblastoma.